A long Spanish rapier.
·Impf & ·p.p. of Spit. II. Spit ·vi To attend to a spit; to use a spit. III. Spit ·vi To throw out...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
1) He is as like his father as if he was spit out of his mouth; said of a child much resembling his ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
A bank, or small sandy projection, with shallow water on it, generally running out from a point of l...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·add. ·- A pitched ball in throwing which the pitcher grips the ball between two, or three, fingers ...
·- A little lock of hair, plastered in a spiral form on the temple or forehead with spittle, or othe...
·noun Poison spittle; poison ejected from the mouth. ...
A violent, pettish, or passionate person. ...
the depth of a spade only. Norf. and Suff. North. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose